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<font face="Verdana, sans-serif" size="2"><p align="center"><b><font size="4">Val()</font></b></p>
<p><b>Syntax</b></p><blockquote>
Result.q = <font color="#3A3966"><b>Val</b></font>(String$)</blockquote>

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<b>Description</b><br><blockquote>

Converts a string into a quad numeric value. The string may be an integer in 
decimal, hexadecimal (with '$' prefix) or binary (with '%' prefix) format. 
The number parsing stops at the first non numeric character. 

</blockquote><p><b>Parameters</b></p><blockquote>
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<tr><td width="10%"><i>String$</i></td>
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The string to convert. 

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</blockquote><p><b>Return value</b></p><blockquote>

The numeric value of the string. 

</blockquote><p><b>Remarks</b></p><blockquote>

Strings holding a 32-bit floats may be converted with <a href="valf.html">ValF()</a> and 64-bit floats with <a href="vald.html">ValD()</a>. 

</blockquote><p><b>Example</b></p><blockquote>

<pre><font face="Courier New, Courier, mono"size="2">  <b><font color="#3A3966">Debug</font></b> <font color="#3A3966">Val</font>(&quot;1024102410241024&quot;) <font color="#3A3966">; will print '1024102410241024'.</font>
  <b><font color="#3A3966">Debug</font></b> <font color="#3A3966">Val</font>(&quot;$10FFFFFFFF&quot;)      <font color="#3A3966">; will print '73014444031'.</font>
  <b><font color="#3A3966">Debug</font></b> <font color="#3A3966">Val</font>(&quot;%1000&quot;)            <font color="#3A3966">; will print '8'.</font>
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</blockquote><p><b>See Also</b></p><blockquote>

<a href="vald.html">ValD()</a>, <a href="valf.html">ValF()</a>, <a href="str.html">Str()</a>, <a href="strf.html">StrF()</a>, <a href="strd.html">StrD()</a> 

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